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5 page paper which examines how insanity is present in “Frankenstein,” “The Strange
Case of Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde,” and “The Island of Dr. Moreau.” The paper argues
that the alluring nature of scientific discovery can lead one to uncover realities better left
alone. Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAmoreau.rtf
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seemed to soar to new capabilities. We can perhaps relate to this fear and reality when we look at all the discussions involving DNA research today. With cloning a reality,
and new technologies that are bound to affect our lives right on the horizon, we can easily understand the positions taken in some of the literature from days gone by.
Three particularly famous works discuss the fearful and dangerous world of science and man. These books are "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley, "The Strange Case of Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde"
by Robert Louis Stevenson, and "The Island of Dr. Moreau" by H.G. Wells. In the following paper we examine the three separately, illustrating their concern with science and man, and
the present a discussion of the three as they relate to science, man, and the inevitable outcome of insanity in the face of things that are better left alone, scientifically
speaking. Frankenstein Frankenstein is so consumed by science, so consumed by the ideas he has and the dreams he has, all regarding science, that he never stops to
consider whether he should do that which he is capable of. He was like many men who thought that if it was possible there was no reason not to do
it. If it was possible to create a human being, why not? he never stopped to think about what the consequences were and whether he should do it from a
moral or ethical standpoint. Frankenstein creates his monster and is immediately appalled at its appearance. It is not the beautiful thing he imagined it would be. He runs from
his creation, and from thereon out slowly seems to lose his mind. As a simple man, without adequate knowledge or understanding, he has engaged in science thinking he was a
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